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This undated, secret Central Intelligence Agency debriefing memo to the Chief, CSOB, records the life story of Clevland O. Hahn, a Latvian born in 1919. It covers his family and pre-war life, the Soviet and German occupations of Latvia, his anti-communist resistance group at the Jelgava Academy, and his post-war activities in Sweden. An appendix gives numbered biographic notes on Latvian emigres, intelligence figures and police officers. The document contains no UFO material.

  • p. 1 …his life story.. .whiChAW:. . t .:;:l. had. never told to anyone' in -1,such detail and…
  • p. 4 …eventually almost disap peared, though he really never changed his basic ideas of free enterprise. From…
  • p. 9 …of freedom, and a person who had never talked that way before. Hahn, who realized the…
  • p. 10 …such articles should never be written and that-the way that . • Hahn hat eipressed"Iiinieelfwaf -triiite…
  • p. 13 …nationalistly motivated group and would no doubt never fight for the Communists! Since Valdemars frequently travelled…
  • p. 20 …Category C - Those persons who wished to join this organi- zation but who had never been…
  • p. 23 …This statement coincides with the truth : , never has Hahn noticed any press mention of Rucelis while…
  • p. 35 …4uri umii eters, This meeting which actually never Occured,,h40J41 .. . .. :: .......s..4.4'.; enf.: Eirrangedi the…
  • p. 51 …opnOrtUtity•te - '.fleejo-Seeden...,MitrevicsMhd..jiad really.,never.Stopped'his.actiiitiSpt -.-,WaS-:.aceepted;:,,eventhough he too…
  • p. 61 …Hahn was requested to reply by indorsement which he promised to do but which he never…
  • p. 64 …He took along 20,000 rubles and has never been heard of since. On 15 May…
  • p. 68 …know, began to complain that the "Colonel" never appeared in person, and should make at least…
  • p. 75 …d never catch bum '0.n'3 Oct 1945 Iiedainie and DamamiS.Were arrested in the…
  • p. 77 …he was having built, the cut-outs never returned. Hahn clamis that the reason they were…
  • p. 84 …Obviously -Hahn never knew the contents of the messages received and sent in this fashion; but…
  • p. 85 …Svikis, (whoa H terms very ambitious), for this as well as personal reasons, never revealed any…
  • p. 86 …SVANTESSON was and convicted on a charge of misappropriation of funds, as he never admitted his…
  • p. 87 …Later Zarins informed Hahn that he had never received this report whereupon Hahn sent him another…
  • p. 93 …Hahn claims that he never oceived the debriefing of these;he does not know whether Ginters…
  • p. 94 …Lukins:never -nantiOned either of,these.names to fialliSteinto,4spoks of only ono. Now •%k
  • p. 99 …TILBURY) never had been, is not now, and will never be Ale to procure recurits for…
  • p. 102 …This BILESKALNS never had the opporutnity to do. On the other hand, VaLDEMAR related to Hahn…
  • p. 104 …which would be'completeLi divorced from and never revealed to the Swedes and/or TILBURY. At…
  • p. 109 …SKOBE further mentioned that the DS will never fully understand Latvia
  • p. 113 …Nevertheless, Hahn stated that because of political differences they would never be able to come to…
  • p. 116 …Arrested by the .NKOD and was never heard from. 9. ValdemarXetersons Member of Hahn f s…
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(4) The following day the elalt;ee; 'Were -visited by Karlis Ziverts from the
Latvian Aesistence Committee. Because they had been warned by Hugo Ginters of this
group, it was Mrs. Lejins and Janis Zalcaanis who talked to Zivorts, while Hahn and
Skobc regained in the background. In this conversation it developed that Mrs. Lejins and
averts were of the same underground organisation(LCP), knew certain paroles, and in
general seeeed-to have been working together; it also developed that Mrs. Lejins was
working for Swedish intelligence and had a Swedish intelligence identification number.
She then related that her work or Swedish intelligence consisted if enciphering and
..deciphering messages which were transmitted . to Sweden frost the location of the LCP
coorm section hn the vicinity of Jurkalne. She farther related that during the war
she had sent military information to Sweden, which H later, being in Sweden, found
was undoubtedly transmitted to the British, who in turn transmitted this information'
to thAdr allies the Russians. (Incidentally, later Dr. Ginters told Hahn that it is
unwise to build any operational organisation upon the old LCP, because during the
war when this organisation was in contact with Latvia its production was not only
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:turned over to the Russians through the British, but also Ginters suspected that
LCP was quite heavily infiltrated by Communist elthe m nts. Also worthwhile mentioning
the'. 'is e fait that one of e , German SD officers fnu .Bruns, had told Hahn on the seventh
,'to eight of March 1945 that the Germans really were not opposed to the departure from
Latvia of true Latvian nationalists. However inasmuch an among those fleeing Latvia
at that time were many Communist agents the Germans could not permit such unless they
were absolutely sure of the person departing.) It was the opinion of Mrs. Lejins that .
Gregorijek4kni4 s, Ass/ whoa she was now desirous of meeting, was the person best able
.. , toassist her, An assisting those ,remaining in Latvia. From her narrative,. Hahn draws
the conclusion that it was, no doubt, Kikulis with whom she was in radio contact during..
the war..
. After these two
group dissolved.
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